Barcelona football club super-fan and Playboy model Luana Sandien has offered almost half a million pounds (Rs 4.45 crore) for Lionel Messi’s teary handkerchief. The 34-year-old Argentina captain was handed a tissue by his wife Antonela Roccuzzo as he broke down in tears while announcing his Barcelona exit earlier this month.
And when Playboy model Luana Sandien, who has over 51,000 followers on Instagram, spotted the item online she jumped at the chance to buy it. She said: “I bid $600,000 (Rs 4.45 crore) to get the Messi handkerchief gone, after that the ad disappeared. I gave more than half the advertised amount believing I would win, but the ad disappeared after my bid, out of nowhere,” Luana was quoted as saying by The Sun tabloid.
“The ad went off the air without giving more information about the outcome of the case, so we don’t know if anyone bought the artefact, or if the advertiser gave up on the idea. I hope I made it,” the Playboy model added.
It’s not yet clear whether Brazilian beauty Sandien has been successful in her bid for the handkerchief, which she plans to ‘pose naked’ with if the offer is accepted.
The 27-year-old lives in Barcelona and previously told the Brazilian press, ‘the (Barcelona) players are much hotter than other teams’.
The Brazilian model has appeared on the cover of Playboy Africa posing in a Barcelona shirt, with sales of the magazine up a reported 50 percent as a result of her Barcelona outfit.
